My husband

That night

I got a text from him.

It was about 12 at night and everyone was asleep. Suha was practically hugging me and I had fallen asleep long past that time too but for some reason, that night my sleep was really light and one notification sound just woke me up. I thought that I heard the alarm so, in the night light, I just involuntarily picked up my phone to check on it.

" Come down. I need to talk to you,"

I frowned. What was happening? Our wedding was just in a few hours. What did he have to say to me?

" Suha," I pushed her a little
" What?!" She was angry and sleepy
" Sohit is calling me," the moment I said that was the moment she opened her eyes and looked directly at me
" Have you looked at the time!?" She whispered and I squinted my eyes.
" It's 12. He said he needs to talk and he asked me to come down. See?" I showed her the message and suddenly, it started raining outside. God. I so hoped that the rain stopped before my outdoor wedding.
" Go down na then. Bhai would have something important if he called you now," her voice was groggy and full of sleep and I only sighed after hearing that suggestion.
" It better be important then," I sat up and slowly just cleaned my eyes out of sleep and dirt. After that, I picked up my rubberband from the side table and tied my hair up in a bun. In the end, I just took my phone back into my hands and took in a deep breath.

Here went nothing. God, I was nervous about even meeting him just before marriage. What would he do? Would he say that he was forced and never loved me? Or would he say that he really loved me and wanted to get that out before I got married?

What I didn't expect was for him to not be there at all. It was someone else waiting up for me at the backdoor's entrance. Someone I really did mind seeing in the middle of the night.

" Where's Sohit?" I think I did make my point by my first question as I frowned and squinted my eyes while looking at him and it just continuously rained outside. I needed to get some sleep. What the hell was I even doing? I had my big day in a few hours...

" He wanted us to talk. He had nothing to say to you," and that just made it a whole lot complicated. I was angry and annoyed seeing him there. How dare he come to see me right before my wedding? He's my ex. He needs to have at least some kind of shame in him. And that Sohit. I'll see him once I get married to him today. I really thought that when I said that I was over my ex, he would understand it. At that point, I was just skeptical about everything Sohit did.
" Ok. Listen. I don't want to be here either-"
" That is really good then. See. You guys are friends, great. I have no problems. We might have conversations or even meet at times. Absolutely no problems. Meeting me at the night, I do not like this. I think we did have closure and I did move on so... What the hell are you trying to do here?" I was not going to listen to anyone. What the hell was I? A small girl who needs help trying to reach someone she loved? Scratch it when I ever called Sohit good of loving or kind or anything nice. This just dropped his entire image in front of my eyes. If I'm trying to move on, he should help me. Not be the person who is trying to get me back with my ex. Life really doesn't work this way. Maybe, my mother was right. Maybe, none of bhai's friends have brains, just like him. They're all dumb idiots to put it plainly.

" You are getting it wrong here-"
" I might be getting it wrong but seriously. I think setting up boundaries is important at this point. When I come down to Sohit's message, I want him here not you or some other guy for that matter. What the hell is he doing?" I might have come out too strong but I was really angry. I did come out to see only Sohit's face. Whatever he had to say was what I was ready to listen to. Not what Tani had to say. I was not fine with it. No one would be...

" I just wanted to tell you that I am getting married,"
" And you couldn't say that over text or at least waiting till the sun rose? You know what. I am not dealing with this anymore. You get married and do anything in your life, what does that have to do with me? All I know is that I'm getting married in a few hours and more than this useless talk, I really need to get some sleep. I am done here," I declared. Anyone could have guessed that I was angry at that point. Waking me up at 12 for this? What the hell was my fiance thinking? That I was dumb? That I'd run into my ex's arms. No. I was just clearly angry at that point. I didn't want to do or think even about my ex. All I was going to do now was curse my fiance so that he has a bad day tomorrow.

" Where the hell are you coming from so late at night?" Just the voice I did not want to hear. My brother. He did startle me in the start by making his voice big and a little angry but the level of anger I was in was much more bigger than what he presented himself to be.

" You were in on this too. Weren't you?" I turned around to glare at him
" What the-"
" No, because none of you three ever do something without telling each other. That's why I am so damn sure that Tani told you before he left just like Sohit told you that he made me meet Tani just now. You knew everything and you still want to be angry at me?" I was standing right in front of him and even if my height was smaller than his, he was definitely scared of me at that point. He had that petrified, speechless look in his eyes.
" You know what time it is? It's fucking 12 and what do you get off all this? Entertainment? No. What am I to all of you? A joke!?" My voice was getting louder and angrier. It was slowly all coming out, and in just a few hours, I had a marriage that would be in jeopardy now.
" Or maybe I am just untrustworthy when it comes to anything and everything. You know what. Don't answer any of this. Your face gave off the answer," I kept a hand in front of his face because he was about to say something that I absolutely did not want to hear. I don't get angry easily yet here I am, screaming at my brother in the middle of the night. I don't want to do anything with him, Sohit, or even Tanish for that matter. It would be so much better if I was never stuck between those two. Or if they never got me stuck there.

" When I said that I have moved on, it meant something bhai and if even you can't believe it then how the hell can I expect anyone else to believe it?! You're my brother for God's sake,"
" What's happening here?" My father definitely had to intervene in that otherwise, I would've most definitely slapped my brother in anger.
" Ask your favorite child that question," I declared and ran out of that place only to get into my room and slam shut the door in no one's face. You could guess from the tension alone that I was really angry.

" What happened?"
" You all think I am a joke don't you?" She was right there and I knew that either everyone was in it or no one was. It couldn't be like Tani just suddenly came up to me without any planning on what to do about anything.
" What?"
" No. You know what? I am not dealing with any of this. I don't care if you all put anyone in front of me at this point. I really don't care,"

My heart was aching. Maybe because I shouted at so many people that I loved or did not even listen to what they had to say. But how else would you expect me to react after seeing my ex right in front of me in the middle of the night when I was supposed to meet my fiance.
If Sohit had to say " I don't want to marry you. I don't feel comfortable marrying my best friend's ex," then I would've understood. But that was not the case there at all. If he didn't want to marry me then why the hell did he act too damn well till now?!

I just hoped at that point that he was fine with getting an angry bride because I would be ruthless.

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I just want to say that I'm really sorry about not being posting regularly or even on time but I am going to try my best to post a new chapter on time from now on. 

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I hope you enjoyed reading it. 

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